Nuno Tavares scores a wonder goal in Marseille debut, Tavares outstanding debut for Marseille

nuno tavares was signed from the portuguese side benfica last summer for a fees of 6.8 million euros he has been part of arteta's plans as he managed to be in the team sheet at the expense of injured kieran tierney he had a promising beginning to his north london career and started 13 matches for arsenal as the game's gone by the inexperience of playing a full season has slowly caught up to him tavares couldn't match the level of concentration required to face the later stages of the premier league season the opposition teams targeted the lack of composure of the arsenal left-back gunners fans could see the potential in nuno tavares but he requires the experience of a full season under his belt to clearly nail down his spot in this young arsenal team tavares was loaned out to the french club for the coming full season without the option of a buyout clause he became the third arsenal player to be loaned out to marseille in recent seasons following matteo guendouzi and william celiba marseille has been qualified for the champions league as they were in the runners-up position in ligue 1 last season earlier tavares was linked with a loan move to atlanta but the move failed to materialise due to the terms involved in the deal michael arteta was very clear in his statement in the media about the portuguese under-21 left-back since arsenal has bought in zinchenko from the champions man city the gunners would have the option of two quality left backs in kirantini and zinchenko it would be difficult for the former benfica player to get any game time this season with the gunners team hence it would make sense to send him on a loan for this season he could be in the playing eleven for the french league one team this would be beneficial for his development as in the case of william celiba who managed to get the young player of the season award for marseille and further raised a strong case for himself to start for the london club marseille faced reems for the french league season opener last weekend he had a dream start to his loan spell at the olympique de marseille stadium tavares received the ball on the edge of rheem's penalty box and managed to put the opposition in a spot of bother with his tricky feat he wriggled his way towards a promising position and send a cracking ground shot with his right foot the effort towards the far right corner beat and the diving reams goalkeeper to increase their lead it was an astonishing display from the left-back the stadium erupted with delirium and the fellow marseille players took the opportunity in congratulating him for the top-notch effort tavares is blessed with his natural ability of speed and the physique required to be an important asset for marseille if he can deliver consistent performances in this season for the french team he could creep back into arteta's plans for the coming seasons at the emirates stadium rheem scored a consolation goal with arsenal loanee floren balagun netting a headed goal for a losing course reams lost the game conceding four goals in the season's initial match let's keep an eye for balagun this season whether he could create headlines with match winning performances for the french team reams is an intriguing question we gunners are looking answers for [Music]